Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him.

It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

Earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers, diligently to attend divine services.

There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.

Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.

Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety of our rights: that confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism - free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.